Neil A. Armstrong

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aerospace engineer astronaut human naval aviator test pilot university professor

Neil A. Armstrong was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and aerospace engineer best known as the first person to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Neil Armstrong	21
Neil A. Armstrong commanded Apollo 11	1
Neil Alden Armstrong	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ university professor ⓘ
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath	complications from cardiovascular surgery ⓘ
child	Eric Armstrong ⓘ Karen Armstrong ⓘ Mark Armstrong ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1930-08-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2012-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfMoonLanding	1969-07-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	Blume High School ⓘ Purdue University ⓘ University of Southern California ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Purdue University ⓘ University of Cincinnati ⓘ
familyName	Armstrong ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aeronautics ⓘ aerospace engineering ⓘ
fullName	Neil A. Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neil Alden Armstrong
givenName	Neil ⓘ
knownFor	first person to walk on the Moon ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant, junior grade ⓘ
notableWork	first crewed Moon landing ⓘ
numberOfSpaceMissions	2 ⓘ
occupation	aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ test pilot ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	command pilot of Gemini 8 ⓘ commander of Apollo 11 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Lebanon, Ohio, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signature	Neil A. Armstrong signature image file (commons media) ⓘ
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
spaceMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ Gemini 8 ⓘ
spouse	Carol Held Knight ⓘ Janet Shearon ⓘ
timeInSpace	8 days 14 hours 12 minutes ⓘ

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Congressional Space Medal of Honor → awardedTo → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Apollo 8 → backupCommander → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Gemini 5 → backupCommander → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Apollo 11 → commander → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Gemini 8 → commander → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Gemini 8 → commanderLaterMission → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → commissionMember → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Apollo 11 → crewMember → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Gemini 8 → crewMember → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Frank Borman → crewmate → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Michael Collins → crewmate → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Karen Armstrong → father → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Space Race → firstHumanOnMoon → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Luna → firstHumanOnSurface → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Moon → firstHumansOnSurface → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Neil A. Armstrong → fullName → Neil A. Armstrong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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United States Air Force Test Pilot School → hasAlumni → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Purdue University → hasNotableAlumnus → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Lebanon, Ohio, United States → hasNotableResident → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States → hasNotableResident → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Carol Held Knight → hasRelative → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → includesMember → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center → namedAfter → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters → notablePersonFeatured → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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North American X-15 → notablePilot → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Cullum Geographical Medal → notableRecipient → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Harmon Trophy → notableRecipient → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Hubbard Medal → notableRecipient → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Sylvanus Thayer Award → notableRecipient → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Blume High School → notableStudent → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

Karen Armstrong → participant → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

subject surface form: Moon landing

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First Man → portrays → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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Carol Held Knight → spouse → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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First Man → subject → Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ

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